The billionaire Newhouse family is taking the money and running from Wilmington, Del.

Thirteen years ago, Condé Nast and other entities owned by the family’s then-thriving Advance Publications empire secured nearly $1.5 million from the city and state to bring much of its back-shop operations to the inner-city area.

The plan was to reach 250 employees in 2003 and possibly expand to as many as 500 over several years. That never happened.

And now it appears the workforce is shrinking by more than 20 percent. Last week the company said it was laying off 30 workers and exporting at least 15 of those jobs to Costa Rica, according to DelawareOnline.

After the Condé shrinkage, the company’s Delaware workforce will be down to 130 people, according to the website.

A company spokeswoman declined to elaborate — but said there were no penalties involved in the downsizing